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December 2014 “ENRICHING LIFE THROUGH ART”

December 2014

Newsletter

December 2014 2 “ENRICHING LIFE THROUGH ART”

6-7 Arizona Art Alliance Sponsor’s & Grantor’s

8 Gary Weiss-Why do I choose to support the Az. Art

Alliance?

17 Featured Artist: Jim Corrigan

15-16 Blog from Shanlee-”A Christmas Story”

18-22 Reaching Out-Your Community Outreach Programs at

work from Lee Anne Park

23-25 Veteran’s Outreach Program-”The Art of Healing”.

Az. Artist Guild proud to be 1st addition to program.

26 Social Media Community Information

26 Volunteer Opportunities: Share your skills & Talents,

“BE A STAR”

27 Advertise in the Newsletter Information or Link your

Website to Alliance Web Site

28 Az.Art Alliance Rental Service Information

28 Key Statistics for Jan thru Oct

28 New League Member-Community Event, Exhibition,

Craft Show Promo Submission Form

29 Alliance Board Members and Managers

29 Az. Art Alliance Membership List

10 Art Shows and Activities for your enjoyment

11 Az. Art Alliance Holiday Exhibition and Sale show

information

12 Az. Art Alliance Holiday Exhibition and Sale Work-

shop & Demo Schedule

13 Concerts & Canvas, collaboration between the

Az.Art Alliance & Scottsdale Philharmonic Orchestra

3-4 Full Steam ahead, great event to come with Az. Art

Alliance Holiday Exhibition and Sale with special

thanks to all our volunteers.

IN THIS ISSUE

To contact the Newsletter Editor, or to forward Press Releases and other

information for future editions, please email Kathy Koneski at

[email protected]

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Calendar of Events & Opportunities

Message from the President

Dec 5-14, 2014

Location:

Costco Plaza

Shopping Center

1325 W. Elliot Rd.

Tempe, Az. 85284

Dec 6, 2014

Artist Reception

COMBINED ARTISTIC TALENTS MAKE UNIQUE

HOLIDAY TOYS TO SUPPORT

ALLIANCE OUTREACH PROGRAMS

From wood to jewerly, meet this

multi-talented, multi-medium artist



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Well, we are full steam

ahead going into our Alliance 2014 Holiday Show and it's going to be a good one. The venue is being prepared as we speak and we owe a special thanks to some very special members who are working their tails off to make sure our Show is a success. As always, Al Arne is leading the way with our show layout and physical preparation. His years of experience en-able us to always have an exhibition that presents itself as professional and well organized. Jim Corrigan ( our featured artist for December) and Dan Gellenbeck have also been right by Al's side, assisting him at every turn. Jim has also volunteered to manage all of our "small art works" coordination within our Show to maximize the exposure of our gift shop items as well as the other smaller works of art that need to be well presented in our Holiday Show Gallery.

Besides these volunteers, there are many others behind the scenes doing the necessary tasks to ensure that our Show is up to snuff. Of course there is our Treasurer Donna Lewis who, besides her normal monthly ac-counting duties, is setting up the sales and money han-dling procedures necessary to take care of the daily business during our 10-day exhibition. She works con-tinually behind the scenes year-round to make sure we do things right and to keep us on target.

A special thanks goes out to Judy Delmonico, Maryanne Noli, and Carmen Timm who have been working for months on the art entry procedures, record keeping, and jurying. These ladies are working all the time to make sure that we have a well-run program. Their on-going work goes well beyond our show periods. Their tasks of late have been especially difficult because of our new jury process and show exhibit changes that have come about since leaving our Gallery in May. Their work will continue as we further refine these processes so that they better serve you, our member-ship. I would be remiss not to say a few words about

Carolyn Tolliver. While she holds no formal position, nonetheless Carolyn is always there to help, sharing her vast experience in working out various details that are necessary for a successful exhibition. Ladies, thank you so much.

Our newly formed Marketing Department, headed by Kim White, is moving us in a direction that will take us into new areas of growth and maximize our exposure so the community hears of your efforts. Thank you so much to our new marketing volunteers:

Kaely Monahan - Marketing

Support & PR; Vandana Balanath - HR/Volunteer

Recruitment; Xianlin Jin - Social Media Manager; Lily Hamel - Workshop Schedul-

ing Manager & Sales; Shannon Smith - Work-shop Facility Manager; Hla Eissa - BLOG &

Social Media; Ellen Beckett - Manager of Business Development & Events; Kathy Koneski –Newsletter; Shanlee Brennan –

Blogger; Joe Zona - Graphic Artist; and

Emma Garcia - PR/Networking.

So many people, members and nonmembers alike, don't realize that the Arizona Art Alliance is an "All Volunteer" organization and has been so since its inception in 2000. It's an incredible feat when you think about it. Since its beginning, the Art Alliance has defied the odds and its naysayers and continued to carry on its business of pro-moting our members’ art and serving the community with Outreach Programs that are executed by our Mem-ber Leagues. Thanks goes out to the Arizona Artists Guild, Phoenix Artists Guild, Mesa Art League, Scottsdale Artists League, Desert Artists, Desert Sage Artists, WHAM, and Art League West, all responsible and carry-ing out their generous Outreach efforts. We can never say enough about our members who are the Teachers, Mentors, and Assistants who work tirelessly to bring

their art to those in need. YOU GUYS (I use the term

loosely) are what it is all about!

In many ways our Organization is quite unique. The many challenges that the Alliance has faced over the years, and will face in the future, have and will be met head-on with our greatest strength…..our Leagues, their Member Artists, and our Volunteers.

It is at this special time of the year that our families

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come together and give thanks for our blessings. And it is at this time of year that our Alliance must reflect and pay a special tribute to those who have served us so well in the past and make their personal sacrifices going forward. There are so many people I have missed in this article that deserve our gratitude, but they are not forgotten. We see the fruits of their labor with our 14 years of accomplish-ments. We, as artists, are so fortunate to have been blessed with talents that we can offer up for the enjoyment of oth-ers. Whether it’s a viewer or art lover gazing at our work, a child lighting up because we have helped him or her create, a Veteran seeking relief from the rigors of service, or one of our elderly who finds solace in the artwork we helped them produce…..we are the ones who benefit most. Our reward is from Life’s true gift, the Gift of Giving.


Holiday Exhibit & Sale Location

Costco Plaza Shopping Center

1325 W. Elliot Rd.

Tempe, Az. 85284

(Near Costco & Tempe Diablo Stadium)


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YO

UR

ART

The Arizona Art Alliance wants your art to use in

new marketing brochures

GREAT opportunity to show your work to an

endless audience.


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Continued on page 7

Support from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts

We wish to thank our Sponsors &

Grantors for their support of the

Arizona Art Alliance

Click on logos for links to web-pages

http://www.azarts.gov/

http://www.dickblick.com/

http://www.raymondjames.com/weisswealthstrategies


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http://www.experiencescottsdale.com/meeting-planners/?gclid=CIbA-bPJ_MACFYqEfgodeQYA8Q

http://tempechamber.org/

https://dvs.az.gov/

http://www.tempecamera.biz/

http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/


mond James in Scottsdale.

480-365-6887, [email protected] , www.weisswealthstrategies.com

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One of the things that my parents taught me as a very young man was that it was my responsibility to give back to my community. I didn't have the means to give very much at the time, but they stressed that our community deserves to share in any success we have and that the gifts should be "meaningful"--that can mean a lot to different people. The way I understood it was that I should find charitable causes that I was passionate about and support them to the best of my ability--sometimes that means time, sometimes money, sometimes both.

I first found out about the Arizona Art Alliance through my relationship with Mike Brady. Mike invited my wife, Debbie, and me to the art show at The Pavillions several years ago. We had a great time and bought some of our first art together--our "Warrior Princess" made out of a gourd is dis-played proudly in our home! Tom James, the son of one of the founders of Raymond James Financial and the current Chairman of the Board of Directors, is an avid art collec-tor. The home office in St. Petersburg is literally like an art museum--it is all Tom and his wife, Mary's personal collec-tion and they have a special affinity for Southwestern art. We hosted a client event at the Phoenix Art Museum earlier in 2014 which Tom attended and he was very em-phatic about the need to support artists in your local com-munity. "When you buy a piece of art from a local artist you are buying a piece of that community!" he pleaded. I could think of no better way to support arts in my local commu-nity than through support of the Arizona Art Alliance.

One of the other main reasons I support the Arizona Art Alli-ance is I believe in investing in people. When one makes a charitable contribution, I feel that it is an investment in that organization and that organization has to be led by people who instill trust and confidence. Mike Brady is one of those people. He is as loyal, sincere and as genuine as a man I have ever met. My support of the Arizona Art Alliance is a vote of confidence in Mike Brady. I know how passionate he is about art and if he is putting his heart and soul into an organization, I think that organization has a good chance of being successful.

I am proud to be a part of this event and I wish all of you continued success in your artistic endeavors.

Gary Weiss is a Managing Director and Senior Vice President of Ray- "Warrior Princess"

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.weisswealthstrategies.com

http://www.raymondjames.com/weisswealthstrategies


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“Giraffe”

Lap Set By

Alliance Artist: Lee Anne Park

“Broadside of a Barn”

Acrylic Art By

Alliance Artist: Barb Hurley

“The 804 to Clowntown”

Computer Generated Art By

Alliance Artist: Mike Brady



Free Art Classes presently monthly -Arizona Art Alliance Veterans Outreach Program: Presents “Artists Sharing Their Love of Art with Veterans”, Phoenix, Tempe, Surprise, Mesa. For information see pages 23 thru 25.

Dec 3-29, 2014—Phoenix Artist Guild Exhibit & Sale: Glen-dale Gallery at Westgate. 3 PM-9PM daily. Public Recep-tion Dec. 12th, 6-8 PM. see information on page 14. Dec 7, 2014—Concerts & Canvas: Next concert at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts see information on page 13. Holland Gallery of Fine Art: Looking for artists to exhibit in 2400 sq.ft. gallery. They are taking submissions for Oc-tober 2015 and the 2016 calendar year. The gallery is sponsored by the Foothills Community Foundation and they will take 20% of all sales. The rental fee for the space is $300.00 per month. the price for summer months is much less. Contact for more information: Nicolette Maguire Bonnstetter

email [email protected] phone 402-417-5614 or 480-417-5614 The Phoenix Artists Guild: Announces the on-going Fine Art Exhibit and Sale at the Paradise Valley Mall; (Cactus and Tatum, in the North West corner). Exact location is in the Town Square Marketing offices on the mezzanine, above the Food Court. All art work will be changed out every two months. Every art lover is wel-come to visit during the office’s hours, 10 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday. For more information Please visit our website: www.phoenixartistsguild.com Feb. 20, 2015—The Northern Arizona Watercolor Soci-ety 20th Annual Spring Watercolor Exhibition, Call for Entries Deadline: Show dates April 30-May 18, 2015. Entry deadline is Feb. 12, 2015. Venue will be held at the Sedona Art Center Community Exhibition Gallery. For information see page 10 (below).

Participate in a great art show, learn a new technique,

expand your skills or browse a great exhibit, it’s all

here in the “Calendar of Events & Opportunities”

The 20th Annual Spring Watercolor Exhibition

of the Northern Arizona

Watercolor Society

Juror: Ms Fealing Lin

Show dates: April 30th – May 18th

Entry deadline: Feb. 12th

Venue: The Sedona Art Center Community Exhibition Gallery

This competition has broad media criteria – all water based media (not heavy acrylics or oils) on most sur-faces are permitted. There will be cash and merchandise prizes. For a complete prospectus and entry form go to: www.naws-az.org. after Nov. 1st. For questions call: Marsha Owen 526-0087

The Fealing Lin workshop is May 12 – 15 for $385 for non-members of NAWS

Arizona Art Alliance Holiday Exhibition & Sale Nov 30 thru Dec 1, 2014—Arizona Art Alliance Holi-

day Exhibition and Sale: Art work & Gift Shop Items Delivered, informa-tion pages 11 & 12. Address is: Costco Plaza Shopping Ctr., 1325 W. Elliot Rd., Tempe, Az. 85284.

Dec 2, 2014—Arizona Art Alliance Holiday Exhibition and Sale:

Artwork is juried Dec 5, 2014—Arizona Art Alliance Holiday Exhibition

and Sale: Art Show opens Dec 5-15, 2014—Arizona Art Alliance Holiday Exhibi-

tion and Sale Workshops & Demos: Workshop & Demo information on page 12. Dec 6, 2014—Arizona Art Alliance Holiday Exhibition

and Sale: Artist Reception, Saturday, 6 pm to 9 pm. Dec 14, 2014—Arizona Art Alliance Holiday Exhibi-

tion and Sale: Last day of Exhibit Dec 15, 2014—Arizona Art Alliance Holiday Exhibi-

tion and Sale: 9 am-1 pm-pick-up artwork


http://www.phoenixartistsguild.com

http://www.naws-az.org



$1,000 in cash prizes to be awarded by the Arizona

Art Alliance; plus, the Desert Artists $100 award

and Ribbon for choice in Best 3-D artwork!

Click here for application form

to download or print

http://www.azartalliance.com/images%20temp/Holiday%202014%20CALL%20FOR%20ENTRIES.pdf



AAA Artists for Workshops/Demos to be held December 5-15, 2014

Instructor Date & Time Name of Class Sue Hunter Fri, Dec. 5, 10:30 a.m. Exploring Inks Workshop Bruce Stam Fri, Dec. 5, 2:30 p.m. From Plein Air Study to Final Painting Justine Mantor-Waldie Thurs, Dec. 11, 10:30 a.m. Demo of Ink & Etching on Black Scratch Board Bela Fidel Thurs, Dec. 11, 2:30 p.m. Wonder of Encaustics Linda Fox Tues, Dec. 9, 10:30 a.m. Oooo, Shiny! Making Your Still-life Sparkle Donna Levine Sun, Dec. 7, 10:30 a.m. Acrylic Painting – Fast & Furious Franco Valentini Wed, Dec 10, 10:30 a.m. How to Improve Your Photography Delfina Valentini Wed, Dec 10, 2:30 P.M. Introduction to Mosaic Elliott Everson Mon, Dec 8, 2:30 p.m. Colored Pencil Techniques Barbarann Mainzer Mon Dec 8, 10:30 a.m. Nature is Art

Always planned to learn mosaic’s or perhaps a new colored

pencil technique or maybe you want to improve your pho-

tography skills, learn to paint with acrylics or experience

scratch board, well now is your chance to do just that by

taking advantage of a workshop or demo being scheduled

at the Az. Art Alliance Holiday Exhibition & Sale, Dec 5—15,

2014 and to frost the cake they are all FREE, that’s right

you heard correctly, they are all FREE. So check out the

list below and put your choice of classes on your calendar,

you can’t afford to miss these experiences.

Holiday Exhibit & Sale Location

Costco Plaza Shopping Center

1325 W. Elliot Rd.

Tempe, Az. 85284

(Near Costco & Tempe Diablo Stadium)



“The hair of the Bow

The hair of the Brush

Translated through the Hand

Creativity from the Heart”

K.Konski

The Arizona Art Alliance introduces “CONCERTS & CANVAS”, a collaboration with

the Scottsdale Philharmonic Orchestra. Our first concert was held at the Scotts-

dale Bible Church on Sunday October 19th with selected and limited fine art dis-

played in the lobby. The combined event was attended by a culturally savvy audi-

ence filling the 1800 seat theater with very few empty seats. The audience was

exposed to world class music by its 70 plus piece orchestra and by some of the

finest fine art provided by Alliance artists.

Art was in place an hour prior to the concerts beginning, allowing time for con-

cert goers to admire the art and come back again during the intermission and at

the concerts end. Many questions were asked about the art, the Alliance organi-

zation and when the art would be displayed again. All comments were supportive

of the collaboration and encouraged its continuance.

The next concert will be held at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on

December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day.



“WANTED”

ART FROM ALLIANCE MEM-

BERS TO HANG ON THE

PAGES OF THE NEWSLETTER

“SHOW THE TALENT OF THE

ARTIST OF THE ALLIANCE”

SEND A JPEG PHOTO TO:

Kathy Koneski, Newsletter

Editor at

[email protected]

Supply artist name,

painting title & medium

used

PICTURE

YOUR

ART

“I Am Bruce”

Pastel By

Alliance Artist: Joan Langdon

“TITLE”

MEDIUM By

Alliance Artist:

Your Name Here

IT"S DECEMBER!! And just in time for Holiday Shopping!

December 3 - 29, 2014 3 PM - 9 PM Daily

(Closed Dec. 15th, 24th & 25th)

Public Reception December 12th, 6 -8 PM

Don't miss this opportunity to acquire original 2d & 3D original artwork by

local artists. at

Glendale Gallery at Westgate 9380 W. Westgate

Glendale, AZ (next to Coldstone one

street south of AMC)


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fusely and he went on his way. It wasn’t until

a few hours later that Gertrude discovered

the “Made in China” sticker on the bottom of

the box. Why did Harold lie?

Irene arrived next, and she

also came with a gift. It was

a ring with a large amber

stone in the middle. She

waxed eloquently about how

it was a precious family heir-

loom and worth a fortune.

Later when the large stone fell

out of the setting, Gertie discov-

ered it was plastic and the band

turned her finger green. Why did Irene lie?

Leonard dropped by after lunch and he also

presented Gertrude with a gift. When she

opened it, she wasn’t

exactly sure what it

was. Leonard was

quick to tell here that it

was a very ancient arti-

fact from the Ping dy-

nasty. He went on to

say that it was thou-

sands of years old and

worth millions. After

Leonard went on his

merry way, Gertie ex-

amined the object and discovered Leonard’s

granddaughter’s name scratched into the

bottom. It was obviously some sort of school

project. Why did Leonard lie?

By late afternoon Gertie was totally ex-

hausted, both emotionally and physically.

She was just plain tired of trying to figure

out why these people who called themselves

“friends” would lie to her. She debated all

sides of the question, and finally decided that

they were all willing to lie in hopes of being

ART ICULATION

A Christmas Story ….. Once

upon a time there was an

elderly woman named

Gertrude. (I’ve always won-

dered how you climb up on a

time.) Now Gertie was very

wealthy – not just the usual

type of wealthy, but ginormously wealthy. Her

accounts totaled bazillions of dollars. She was

at that place in life where she could feel the

hours and days ticking away. She had no fam-

ily and no real friends to speak of. She had

lots of people who pretended to be her

friends, but they all seemed to want things

that only she could afford. She was generous

and often taken advantage of. She worried

constantly about who should receive her vast

wealth upon her death. She had never formal-

ized her Will. Just before Christmas Gertie de-

cided that she would need to make a decision

soon.

On Christmas morning Harold arrived with a

beautifully wrapped gift. Gertie opened it and

was pleased to see a carved wooden box.

Harold went on and on about how he had

carved it just for her. She thanked him pro-


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mentioned in her Will. After a light dinner that

she barely touched, she picked up a novel that

she had been really enjoying. She was strug-

gling to stay focused when the doorbell rang

yet again. Standing on the porch was Otto,

the little boy who lived next door. He ex-

tended his hand and gave her what appeared

to be a wadded-up kleenex. Tucked inside,

Gertie found this:

Otto carefully ex-

plained: “I drawed

these. They are the

bestest fishies I

ever drawed, and

I’m giving them to

you for Christmas.

Sorry I don’t have

fancy paper.”

With tears in her

eyes, Gertie took

the child in her arms and whispered, “Thank

you, Otto.” Her heart told her that this was A

GIFT OF SELFLESS LOVE – ORIGINAL ART

FROM THE HEART. Gertrude had found her

heir.

“Nurse Freckle”

Colored Pencil By

Alliance Artist: Kathleen Koneski

See page 26 for information on how

you can VOLUNTEER with the Alli-

ance and shine like the “STAR” that

you are.


TOY DESIGNER—Artist, James Corrigan Jim did extensive research when he volunteered to embellish these toys for the benefit of our Outreach Programs. Each piece that he selected to work on is a masterpiece to be enjoyed by people of any age. James A. Corrigan has been dedicated to the creative art profession in excess of fifty years. James began his art career and education

while in the U.S. Air Force during the early nineteen sixty’s, working as an illustrator. After military service, James worked in Chicago for fifteen years as a Freelance Artist, Commer-cial Artist and Art Director for several large corporations. In the late seventies James decided to make a career change and pursue a new profession, to become a Jeweler. After his education with the Gemological Institute of America (G.I.A.) the Jewelry business of Jas. A. Corrigan, Artisan was established. James stayed in his chosen career, servicing the retail trade and the commercial jewelry industry with custom designed jewelry, repair or restoration requests, including a full line of lapidary ser-vices until his move to Arizona in 2003. His move to Arizona has become a lifelong dream, that turn into an opportunity for exploring and expressing his creative ideas and talents in several mediums (i.e. metal, leather, clay, paint, wood and so on.) Now with his relocation to the foothills of the Superstition Mountains, East of Phoenix in Gold Canyon, Arizona a new vision for the future has started.

You can contact James Corrigan in his desert studio: E-mail: [email protected] Studio: (480) 474-0489—Mobile: (480) 241-1943

When I was about 11 years old, I would carve animals, cars, trucks, planes or anything else to amuse myself at the time. This was not only a nos-talgic retreat for me but one heck of a lot of "FUN"... James

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Out Reach Programs

Your Community Outreach Programs at work

Lee Anne Park

Continued on page 19


Out-Reach Programs

So many of our fellow artists have participated in this project with great enthu-

siasm and talent. Pictures have been in every AZ Newsletter for the past few

months to keep you up on what is coming in to us for this fundraiser.

Bring your friends and neighbors to the Holiday Show and visit the Outreach Display to

see them all and purchase their favorite as a gift or a keepsake for themselves.

The proceeds will go to help the programs for life-care residents, special-needs students,

at-risk children and veterans. All our volunteer work is freely given, materials and sup-

plies are a different story—funding is needed to keep them going.

Let’s make this toy sale a win for everyone—happy adults and children—more available

resources for our “Enriching Life Through Art” Community Outreach Programs.

Just one of the toy boxes

built, refined and designed

for you in which to put all

those Holiday Treasures .

By Alan Arne




UNIQUE HOLIDAY TOYS

TO SUPPORT ALLIANCE OUTREACH

PROGRAMS

Artist, Bill Weaver has made toy boxes and toys for his grand children, friends and for many fund-raising events.

His generosity has been overwhelming and very successful for the various groups to which he has donated. This year the collaborative effort of artists in the Arizona Art Alliance came together and has pro-duced an amazing collection of “designer” toys to be offered for sale at the Holiday Show.

Bill Weaver is an artist and volunteer with the Alliance’s Desert Artists Extra Special Art program for spe-cial-needs students in the Cave Creek Schools. In addition to making the boxes full of wooden toys for this collaboration with other artists in the Alliance, Bill has put together over thirty “gingerbread” bird houses for the students to paint and decorate this year. He has, in previous years, put together kits for the children to build and decorate their own bird houses. Bill owned Weavers Restaurant Supply for 45 years before retirement. He says he has designed and built half of the restaurants in Phoenix. He has been creating artistic metal sculpture of all kinds since the 1970’s and moved to woodworking in the 1990’s making toys, ducks, decorating gourds and making all types of wood creations.

“I hope the children enjoy the toys as much as I enjoyed making them.” Bill said.

I think the artists who decorated them and those who purchase them will en-joy them too.

Art by Bill Weaver

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Out-Reach Programs

COMBINED ARTISTIC TALENTS

MAKE UNIQUE HOLIDAY TOYS

TO SUPPORT ALLIANCE

OUTREACH PROGRAMS



Combined work of Bill Weaver and Jim Corrigan

Children love to play with these toys.

Adults love to collect the works of art.

Let’s make this fundraiser a success for all.

Everyone will benefit!


Not only has your Board been working very hard to make this a very successful Alliance Holiday Show and Sale for the holidays, we are also working to put on a great display of our Outreach Programs. Your donated 8 x 10 art pieces will be available for sale to benefit the programs. There will be examples of the projects done by our various outreach programs on display so you can see what we have been offering to our students to enrich their lives through art. Caring Thru Art will have framed art from their classes. Op-portunity House will have examples of the work done this past year and Extra Special Art has a few exam-ples of the variety of art projects done at the middle school and high school. All of this, along with the of-fering of the handmade, artist-designed toys and toy boxes for sale to benefit these programs. Be sure to visit the outreach display area and bring your friends. Share the goodwill and the giving spirit of the season and gain an artistic treasure! One more thing. One of Extra Special Art’s middle school classes will be having a workshop especially for them conducted by Artist and Teacher, Nancy Troupe, on Friday morning, December 12th at the workshop area of the show. This life-skills class from our middle school’s special-needs classes and their teachers will tour the show too. They love to visit our shows and to have a new artist work with them! Many thanks to Nancy for being available for them.

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“Catus Flower”

Oil on Canvas By

Alliance Artist: Sandra Meissner

“African Maps”

Acrylic By

Alliance Artist: Jaxine Cummins

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Veterans Outreach Program

The Arizona Art Alliance has committed to helping our returning Veterans affected with Post Traumatic

Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Traumatic Brain Injury, (TBI) by applying the healing and therapeutic quali-

ties art can provide.

Each month we will provide an update from one of the four locations, starting with AAG, followed by

the other three locations.

Started with one location and developed by Rita Goldner, a former Naval Officer complete with a “how

to” manual, has now expanded to four locations. Arizona Artists Guild, (AAG), What’s Happen’n Art

Movement, (WHAM), Mesa Art Guild, (MAL) and the Scottsdale Artists League, (SAL). Thanks in part to

a grant from the Arizona Department of Veteran Services and the passion of our volunteer artists made

the expansion possible. All four locations are achieving positive results as you will see in the following

article from the Arizona Artists Guild.

Each month’s newsletter will have an update from one of the four locations detailing their remarkable

achievements.

Our thanks to the dedicated volunteers helping our Veterans who have given so much!

John Fontana, Veteran Outreach Chairman

A Veteran Art Based Program Addressing the Invisible Wounds of War



The Arizona Artists Guild, is proud to be the first addition to the Veteran

Outreach Program. “The Guild has a long history of supporting Veterans, dating

back to World war II, So it was natural to take part in the Veteran Outreach Pro-

gram”, said its President David Bradley.

Our first class was in June 2014 with 17 Veterans registered. Most did not have “known” artistic skills,

but it did not take long to see those hidden skills become visible. Each 4 hour class is taught by a quali-

fied instructor and as many as 7 assistants, assuring the Veterans are given ample support and encour-

agement.

As a Professor of Art at Paradise Valley Community College, I’m extremely pleased by the rapid pro-

gress Veterans have made during the program, both in artistic endeavor and personal development.

Our efforts are rewarded by our Veterans continual praise and assurance as in the following;

“Today’s step-by-step drawing session will help me when I am anxious and frustrated. At times, I have

difficulty maintaining focus. I enjoy coming each month and I’m learning so much!”

“I have learned a lot. I enjoy doing the classes and the instructors. I’m getting and better. I enjoy all

parts of the program. Thank you!

“I try to come every chance I can, helps me overcome my anxiety.”

“I really like the classes and instructors, helps me to be more patient with myself.”

Submitted by the AAG’s Veteran Outreach staff.

David Bradley, President, AAG



1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Total Hours

Veteran Classroom Hrs

Classroom Instruction

312 507 561 923

Classroom Assistants

Personal Attention, helping with supplies

102 384 401 887

Administrative

All supportive administrative functions

80 101 182 363

AAG

Fitting the pieces back together





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The Arizona Art Alliance continuously seeks individuals who wish to give their time and talents to

fulfill our Mission and Purpose. To learn more about any of the positions listed here, please con-

tact Vandana Balanath, HR Manager [email protected] to receive your copy of the

Position Description outlining details for a particular role.

Current Available Positions

* Workshop Scheduler Support - assist the Alliance Workshop Manager in securing and sched-

uling one-time or on-going workshops to be conducted in our Tempe location.

* Volunteer/HR Coordinator - assist the Alliance HR Manager in recruiting and placement of

volunteers for one-time or on-going needs; creating processes; updating, writing policy and pro-

cedures.

* Host Volunteer - assist the Alliance at Exhibits and Collaboration Events within the community

to act as Host, Meet and Greet, conduct set up and clean up, and distribute Alliance materials.

SHARE YOUR SKILLS & TALENTS

BE A “STAR”, VOLUNTEER

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Business Card size ad (3-1/2" W x 2" H) per month $25.00 (If paid 1 year in advance, discount of $25.00) 1/4 pg. ad (3-1/4" W x 5" H) per month $50.00 (If paid 1 year in advance, discount of $50.00) 1/2 pg ad (7-1/2" W x 5" H) per month $100.00 (If paid 1 year in advance, discount of $100.00) All request for ads need to be sent to: Arizona Art Alliance c/o Kim White 10810 N. Tatum Blvd. 102-264 Phoenix, AZ 85028 [email protected]

All pictures must be JPEG format. If we are to compile the ad, then we will need all information going into the ad and any pictures you want inserted, etc.

All information should be received by the Alliance by the 15th of each month in order to have the ad included in the

next months newsletter.

Alliance News

“Let us be part your

Marketing Program”

Advertising in the Arizona Art

Alliance Newsletter each month

allows you to reach a large mem-

bership at reasonable rates

ARIZONA ART ALLIANCE RENTAL SERVICES

QUALITY SHOW PANELS FOR RENT

ART ALLIANCE CAN EQUIP YOUR ENTIRE SHOW

SHOW TENTS FOR RENT

For information on these services

click on the link below

http://www.azartalliance.com/rentals.html

To discuss rentals contact Alliance Show & Event Direc-

tor Alan Arne at 602-788-6349 or [email protected].

GREAT EXPOSURE OPPORTUNITY

FOR ONLY $25.00 LINK YOUR

ART WEB-SITE TO

THE ARIZONA ART ALLIANCE WEB-SITE

http://www.azartalliance.com/rentals.html




Mission Statement “The Arizona Art Alliance mission is to

promote the visual arts through collaboration

with member organizations, strategic

partnerships and

community involvement”

Alliance News

Key Statistics for January thru Oct 2014

Item Value/Count

15 Volunteers in Oct contributed hrs 1,291

Equivalent Worth of Oct Volunteer Time $10,890

Total Volunteer Hours for Jan—Oct 10,924

Equivalent Worth of Hours for Jan-Oct $200,740

Outreach is a key element of the Alliance mission. Consider volunteering your time

with one of these worthwhile activities or make a donation which is completely tax de-

ductable. Programs: Extra Special Art, Caring Thru Art, Spirit of Art, Opportunity

House, New Beginnings and Veteran’s Outreach Program. Click on link below for ad-

ditional information

http://www.azartalliance.com/outreach.html

League Member

Community Event, Exhibition, Craft Show Promo

Submission Form

This form should be submitted with all fields completed as a REQUEST to

promote your community event, exhibition or craft show.

To complete the online form use the following Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EKlkwI-ik_54EmxkzNqg4i2vLH0LliDi3a6PbmPBa5k/viewform?

c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

http://www.azartalliance.com/outreach.html

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Arizona Artists Guild (AAG) www.arizonaartistsguild.org Arizona CLAY Association (AZ CLAY) www.arizonaclay.org Arizona Designer Craftsmen www.azdesignercraftsmen.org Arizona Watercolor Association (AWA) www.azwatercolor.com Art League West (ALW) www.artleaguewest.com Artists of the Superstitions www.artistsofthesuperstitions.com . Desert Artists 480-991-4486 Desert Sage Artists (DSA) 602-482-0061

Fine Local Artists In Residence (FLAIR) 623-551-8706 Fountain Hills Art League www.fountainhillsartleague.com Gilbert Visual Art League [email protected] Havasu Art Guild www.havasuartguild.com Laveen Art League (LAL) www.laveenartleague.org Mesa Art League (MAL) www.mesaartleague.com Northeast Valley Artists League 602-996-5423 Peoria Fine Arts Association (PFAA) Richard Meidl [email protected]

Phoenix Artists Guild (PAG) www.phoenixartistsguild.com Scottsdale Artists League (SAL) www.scottsdaleartistsleague.org Southwest Society of Botanical Artists 602-373-9912 Sun City Grand Art Club (SCG) [email protected] Tempe Artists Guild www.tempeartistsguild.org Westbrook Village Fine Arts Association (Westbrook) www.westbrookvillagefinearts.org WHAM Art Association Collaboration of the Arts www.wham-art.org Wickenburg Art Club, Inc. (WAC) www.wickenburgartclub.org

ALLIANCE BOARD MEMBERS

Mike Brady President and Chairman of the Board

[email protected]

Vince Valicenti Vice President Finance

[email protected]

Donna Lewis Treasurer

[email protected]

Nancy Troupe Secretary [email protected]

Kim White Marketing Director [email protected]

Lee Anne Park Community Outreach Director

[email protected]

Judy Delmonico-Roll Representative Director

[email protected]

Maryanne Noli Representative Director

[email protected]

John Fontana Advisor to the President

[email protected].

MAILING ADDRESS: 10810 N. Tatum Blvd. Suite 102-264 • Phoenix, AZ

85028

PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 2717 W. Southern Ave., #6,

Tempe, Arizona 85282

TELEPHONE: 602-870-7610

ALLIANCE MANAGERS

Alan Arne General Manager of Operations

[email protected]

Steve Woods Web-Site Manager

Web-Site Coordinator

Vandana Balanath

HR Manager

[email protected]

Carmen Timm Jury Manager

[email protected] 602-501-6720

Kathleen Koneski Newsletter Manager

[email protected]

Arizona Art Alliance Membership

A full listing is available online at www.azartalliance.com

Arizona Art Alliance Board Member & Managers




Best Wishes

For a

Joyous Holiday Season

And a

Happy New Year

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